at 89 miles an hour. it arrived in the area of home plate at 84. so about four-tenths of a second reaction time, or the blik blink of an eye or the blink of two eyes as that is torii hunter's eyes. >> joe: guerrero off the end of the bat and falling in for a base hit and two are on for the angels in the sixth. >> tim: nick swisher took it one step back in right field. i don't think he catches that ball even with a good jump. it's a change-up to guerriergue. right off the end of the bat. swisher took a step back and by the time he came forward, the

ball flops in front of him. >> joe: so now juan rivera, who has an infield hit, 2 out of 15 in this alcs. he has left seven runners on in this series. runners at first and second with nobody out. that check swing by torii hunter on a 3-2 pitch, went as no-swing and lead-off walk. they appealed down to the first base umpire fieldin culbreth. the base hit followed. and now action for the angels here in the sixth and rivera is up in a key spot. rivera, who came up in the yankee organization.

takes a strike. rivera came up in 2001, was there through '03, was with the expos in '04. then with the angels since 2005 and he hit 25 home runs. a season where he had his most plate appearances in his career. >> tim: it was a good deal for the angels in 2004 picking up both maicer izturis and juan rivera for jose guillen from the washington nationals after montreal moved to washington. >> joe: the 1-1. ball two. >> tim: i think what you're

seeing is why jorge posada painted his nails with that whiteout between innings because of the shadow and cc sabathia, or most pitchers, cannot see in there, so that's why you get an idea of what jorge is doing. >> joe: now posada will go out and talk. howie kendrick, who has been very good in this series for the angels, waits to hit next. game five on thursday night, 7:30 eastern and 4:30 pacific after an off day in this series

tomorrow. and time called at the plate. >> tim: i think if you're ron robinson cano, you don't worry about the runne at second base. the chances of torii hunter trying to steal with nobody out, the angels trailing by four runs. you open up the right side and you cause a lot of indecision with sabathia. that's why rivera, ultimately, stepped out. you don't want to open that hole up on the right side too much. >> joe: ground ball to jeter who will step and throw for a big yankee double play. posada leaves the plate. he thought that was out number three! now he comes back. alex rodriguez came sprinting down the line to cover the plate. hunter saw it, took two steps and stopped, posada forgot how

many outs there were. >> tim: fortunate lip for the yankees, rodriguez recovered. jeter, an easy double play on the high hop. but posada, meanwhile, you can see him in the background, cc saying, jorge, hold it! hold it! wait a second! torii hunter saw it, too. and rodriguez didn't see it. i beg your pardon, hunter didn't see it. no harm, no foul. >> joe: teixeira just to make sure. two outs. the batter is kendrick. what a time for the yankees to come up with their first double play of the night. kendrick still could make this a three-run game or a two-run game with a home run. he went deep yesterday. looking for a two-out hit.

1-0 pitch. change-up from sabathia. one ball, one strike. >> tim: boy, has he gotten some mileage out of that pitch tonight. talk about blinking in the blink of an eye. you can see jorge posada blinking when that change-up was swung and missed. >> joe: ball two. 2-1. kendrick, if he can reach, kendry morales, who has homered in this game, is on deck. the opposite way and right at teixeira. bad break for the angels. put their first two on, then a double play ball and a line drive out.

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>> joe: we take you right to the fox business network in-game box score for the yankees. two hits for jeter. been on base three times. alex rodriguez, another game, another home run, three straight

games with a home run. some action down at the bottom with cabrera, two hits and two rbis. fox business network the new home of the american dream on directv. channel 359 or check your local listings. here is posada. there is strike one from ervin santana who pitched a scoreless sixth and got around a lead-off hit from jeter. two walks, a run scored and posada has stolen a base. one ball, one strike. posada, matsui, and then cano. chopped off the plate foul. one ball, two strikes on jorge posada. after the off day tomorrow, the pitching matchup, game five, will be john lackey against a.j. burnett.

lackey 0-1 and burnett, a no-decision in game two and he will be working on regular rest. the 1-2 and a strikeout to start the seventh. here comes matsui. the difference between the angels and the yankees coming into this alcs was the depth in the rotation for the angels and the depth in the bull pen for new york. the angels using santana out of their bull pen, the yankees using only three starters because of the off day built in, the only pitcher who has to go on short rest, as it turns out, is sabathia and that is happening tonight and he will have at least a four-run lead when he takes the mound in the bottom of this seventh.

fastball for a strike to matsui. it's 0-2. >> tim: that's a very good point, particularly when you think the last two games, one went 13 innings and the other 11 innings. so the yankees with eight relievers and the angels with only six. >> joe: one hop to kendrick. matsui is 0 for 4 in this game and 4 out of 13 in this alcs. that will bring in cano. seventh inning stretch is coming up and then the angels will have morales, napoli, and aybar. you could see maicer izturis factor in in the bottom of this inning with napoli due up second. angels thought they had something going last inning with a walk and a hit to start the inning, but a double play.

it killed the momentum for l.a. strike one on cano. strike two. and a strikeout, napoli finishes it and a perfect seventh for ervin santana. time to stretch. bottom three in the order coming

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♪ >> 216 to the left. >> thanks. enjoy the game. >> right this way. >> joe: come on in and join ous a beautiful night in anaheim, california. 5-1, the yankees behind sabathia. leading here in game four, up two games to one as well. the verizon game summary. sabathia, game one, eight innings. one run on four hits. 113 pitches. game two, a-rod with a home run to tie it. that throw by izturis, t chain reaction with hairston jr. sliding in to end it. then, yesterday, game three, jeff mathis, the 11th inning hero and the angels were on the board in the series two games to one.

but here today, alex rodriguez with rbis in eight straight postseason games to tie a baseball postseason record and sabathia, on three days' rest, six innings, one run, five hits, as he will work in the seventh. the bull pen is still quiet for the yankees. how many pitches? eighty. kendry morales responsible for the only run for the angels. a home run with one out in the fifth. over, but low, ball one. >> tim: this is the seventh playoff game for the yankees and in all seven games, their starting pitcher has gotten the yankees into the seventh inning.

>> joe: 2-0. >> tim: it makes your bull benefit even better. not as many innings to work. >> joe: the 2-1. three balls, no strikes. from sabathia. robert myers is our artist. he recrude to play football by hawaii, tight end. diehard raiders fan and golden state warriors fan and had an imaginary friend as a child named danny. one of the highest paid imaginary friends in t history of the world. you could see it when we had that sound bite from sabathia early. he's got a great smile and an electric personality, and he has fit right in with these yankees.

they've asked for his best tonight and he has given it, as he finds strike two. it's a full count. morales is now and napoli on deck. and then aybar. sabathia trying to battle back from a 3-0 count. and he does. strikeout number three. ken rosenthal has been hanging around that yankee dugout. around the yankee locker room, ken, as we look at replay of the strikeout, tell us more about cc sabathia. >> ken: two hours before the game he was sitting on a golf cart outside the yankee clubhouse talking on his cell phone and smiling and waving to reporters as they passed by. maybe a half hour later, he was smack in the middle of the

clubhouse chatting up teammates, practically holding court. well, jerry hairston took one look at him and said this guy is like a position player, he's not a pitcher. what he meant is he is always relaxed and always ready to go. >> joe: he has shown that here tonight. he was ready, no matter what happens the rest of the way, as he has one out in the seventh. his velocity has been consistent. his stuff has been terrific and look at the difference in the alcs with the indians, against the red sox in '07, 0-2. e.r.a. just under 10.5. the angels are seeing a different sabathia here in 2009. 0-1 pitch. how good is that change-up been? >> tim: i mean, it's been terrific. most starting pitchers, kind of isolate before they start, but cc sabathia as personable before

he starts, two hours before he starts a game as he is on days that he doesn't pitch. great change-up. >> joe: and, again, back-to-back change-up and back-to-back strikeouts. for sabathia, who has now k'd four in this game. >> tim: we talked about it last night. whenever that ring finger becomes involved, that's the change-up. that's how you can tell at home. he almost chokes it. slows it down and the hitter thinks it's a fastball. very deceptive. >> joe: here is aybar, the number 9 hitter. he got a base hit in the fifth inning after a hit by napoli. two on, one out. but sabathia got figgins on a force-out and abreu popped out to center. and now reaching for it, this is a foul ball.

ninth ninety pitches on the night for sabathia. in talking with joe ga yardy fore the game if was there a pitch count before the game. he said i don't think so. i'll see how he progresses but i don't have one in mind. pitch number 91 is 93-mile-an-hour fastball inside for ballne.

aybar 4 for 13 in this series. teixeira will take it himself. a 12-pitch seventh inning for sabathia. >> tim: i think this was his strongest inning, the seventh. js impressive. on short rest. we go to the eighth here in game four. yankees up by four.

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>> joe: welcome back. the boys and girls club of america is the official charity of major league baseball. reaching more than 4 million kids worldwide. together, they cree a positive place for kids. ervin santana has been outstanding. he has retired six straight. he came on in the sixth inning and allowed a lead-off hit to jeter. he struck out three. and strike one on swisher, who is hitless in this game and 2 for 12 with no rbis in this series. in case you're wondering, it is clear that sabathia is going back out there for the bottom of this eighth. dave eiland wanted to check with

him and sayis stuff proves he is feeling okay. >> tim: oh, yeah. >> joe: the 0-2. one ball, two strikes. >> tim: we talked about it, that seventh inning, here is cc sabathia pitching with three days' rest and i think that seventh inning was his strongest. just overmatched the bottom of the order with the angels. >> joe: how about 14 pitching changes in the other two games. and that caught swisher on the foot. >> tim: also caught mike napoli, the catcher. so nick goes down to first base and mike napoli is down also. hit his right shoulder. oh, boy. >> joe: swisher isifted for a

pinch runner. gardr comes into the game and he'll stay in and improve the defense for the yankees. swisher's night is over. the batter is cabrera. he got a big hit in this game. back in the fourth inning, he came up with a two-run single to make it 3-0. palmer is getting loose for the angels in the bull pen. a runner scored on fielder's choi with alex rodriguez getting under the tag. a high throw from howie kendrick on second base on a ball hit by cano. then after a walk to swisher, cabrera got the hit. knocked home two. and the two-run shot by rodriguez in the fifth inning made it 5-0 and it's now 5-1 in the eighth.

check on gardn. back in that fourth inning, here is the fielder's choice. kendrick threw home. throw was high. tag was late. and then melky cabrera drove home two. >> tim: i think gardner's running, in yesterday's game, mike scioscia pitched out after the first pitch was a strike, and jeff mathis, threw out gardner, but when it's one ball and no strikes, you don't want to pitch out, because if you miss, then you're way behind the hitter. it's 2-0. so santana's workload has increased, keeping gardner close. we talked about it yesterday. there is no secret. gardner is going to be running.

>> joe: now ball two. jeter has been on base three times tonight. he is on deck. there he goes. pitch is low. throw down is in time! out number one. >> tim: boy, what a quick tag by erick aybar, the shortstop. like he got him right on the tail. very close. but a good call.

>> joe: now cabrera takes a strike. it's 3-1. so gardner comes in to pinch run and caught stealing for the second straight game. he'll stay in the ball game and go into the outfield. joe girardi has put him in center and moved the guy at the plate, cabrera, who draws a one-out walk to one of the corner outfield spots. one on, one out for derek jeter. first walk handed out by ervin santana. and that could be it for santana. it is. so santana goes 2 1/3 and strikes out three, allows one hit, hit a batter, walked one, one on, one out. jeter coming up and palmer coming out of the bull pen for l.a.

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>> joe: national league championship sers is taking a break today. they get back at it tomorrow on tbs in a matchup of vicente padilla, who has been so good this postseason and cole hamels. jimmy rollins against broxton with the phillies down to their final strike. rollins delivers. last out, they were down two and into right center field and for jimmy rollins, it doesn't matter. it seems like a different guy every night for charlie manuel's crew and that rally started with a walk, a hit batsman and then rollins delivered the knockout blow with the dodgers one out away from evening that series 2-2. >> tim: yeah, dodgers had the lead after 26 outs but it takes 27 in a complete game. >> joe: phillies do not quit.

>> tim: no. >> joe: the world champs are one win away from getting back to the world series. the yankees are six defensive outs away from taking a three games to one series lead in this alcs. cabrera at first. jeter at the plate. and a 1-0. palmer gets it by him. the count, 1-1. >> tim: angels have a lot of pitchers that look alike, but they are hard throwers in the bull pen. bulger, palmer, jepsen, hard-throwing right-handers.

>> joe: 2-1. one further point about the phillies, the last two post seasons, combined, philadelphia is 10-1 at citizens bank ballpark. that is a high hop, off the plate. bare-handed grab by aybar for the out! >> tim: what a play! >> joe: what a play by erick aybar! two out. >> tim: this is sensational. two says you need a glove? man! >> joe: that was omar

vizquelesque. eric aybar showing off his great arm and he has shown us why throughout this postseason. mike scioscia has maintained that he is as good as he sees on an everyday basis in the american league. runner at second. cabrera for damon who is fooled on the pitch. strike one. the angels in the bottom of this eighth inning against sabathia will have chone figgins, bobby abreu, torii hunter. top of the order. that is a rocket into right! off the bat of damon and out of the park. his second home run in as many games and it's 7-1 yankees in the eighth.

>> tim: first two times up yesterday, johnny damon, the angels got him out with straight changes, curveballs, and his third time up, he lookedor the straight change and got it. he is looking curve here and one hands it out of the ballpark. >> joe: ball one low to teixeira. ball two. a 400-foot home run off the bat of johnny damon. he pulled one right down the line in yesterday's game. now teixeira is jammed. that is shallow center field. out is aybar. the inning is over.

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>> joe: bottom of the eighth inning. brett gardner is in center and melky cabrera moves to right. no change on the mound. sabathia, he allowed one run, five hits, leads by six and he finds strike one against chone figgins. top of the order for the angels. figgins, abreu, and hunter. phil hughes getting loose in case there's trouble. jeter, one out. and for figgins, he is now 2 for 28 this postseason. >> tim: after a great year, a year in which he scored 114 r s runs. he is going to be a free agent this year. and should sign for a lot of dollars, a lot of places.

but is having a terrible postseason. >> joe: the run total was second best in the american league. he has scored one this postseason. here is abreu and what a difference from the division series for bobby abreu. he has not produced a run. no homers, rbis. he is 2 out of 15 in this alcs. and one of those hits came yesterday when he rounded second too far and was caught going back to the bag. strike two. >> tim: that's an idea of sabathia against the left-haed hitter and a good one. a .300 hitter in the major leagues. when you can make a guy look that badly on a fastball away. sabathia just overpowering the angels.

>> joe: 94-mile-an-hour fastball here at the end of his night. and, again, if the yankees win here tonight, at worst, they would have sabathia on regular rest, ready for a game seven. they could end the alcs here two nights from tonight. when a.j. burnett takes on john lackey. the angels will like who they have going in john lackey, who is their front of the rotation guy. a.j. burnett looked so good in that game two start. he got wild in the middle innings, got a no-decision. that is on thursday night

7:30 eastern. how about another strikeout? number five for sabathia at 94 milean hour from the 29-year-old left-hander. >> tim: usually, you do a sequence when a guy has gotten a hit. we're doing this sequence because of overpowering stuff from sabathia. to abreu and fighting the 0-2 pitch off. again. and strikes out on a high fastball. >> joe: this will be pitch number 100. the first delivery to torii hunter. he is 0 for 2 with a walk. and strike one.

pretty revealing look at those eyes in the dugout like he's got us tonight, folks. >> tim: white glum. >> joe: just another ho-hum inning for sabathia. went eight in game one and gone eight in game four. ninth inni yankees up 7-1.

>> joe: cc sabathia getting congratulations on his way down the dugout for eight brilliant innings on three days' rest. and now rodriguez, just for good measure, plugs the gap in left center field and alex rodriguez, who has homered here tonight, singled, has now doubled. >> tim: he has also walked, so he has been on base four times, two runs, scored. he scored the first run of the game for the yankees back in the fourth inning. first pitch hitting, just hammers one to left center. >> joe: so rodriguezs out there for posada. the yankees lead by six.

and while the yankees have phil hughes getting loose earlier, now it's chad gaudin. he is starting to get loose out in the bull pen and we look at our travelers game-changing plays. a lot of action here tonight. two-run shot by rodriguez in the fifth inning made it 5-0 new york. and for alex, his fifth home run to go with 11 rbis this postseason. palmer misses and the count evens 1-1. >> tim: joe, you talked about the looks of confidence on alex rodriguez's face earlier in the game. well, he is joined by the confidence on the face of cc sabathia.

two main togs for the yankees. >> joe: you talk about a return on investment. the organization has put in $460 million, give or take, depending on who you're asking, between the combination of cc sabathia and alex rodriguez, and they have come through this post season just about every time they've been asked. here is one into right. that ball will be caught by abreu. tagging is rodriguez! and he goes to third. the ball goes into the dugout and rodriguez scores to make it 8-1. >> tim: what has he not done tonight? abreu going to his left. rodriguez reads that. abreu's throw by third base and

chone figgins and rodriguez slides into third and watch the tag. it's a bit late. but running well into third, the slide, and he walks home. two guys is a that have controlled this game for the yankees tonight, rodriguez and sabathia. >> joe: bases are empty for matsui in what is now a seven-run game. 8-1. hideki matsui has not been in on the fun at all. he is 0 for 4. and in a hole here 0-2. phil hughes now joins chad gaudin on the bull pen mound for new york. the 0-2 pitch to matsui is a little inside. ball one. through all of those pitching

changes, it's been gaudin remaining in the bull pen, to this point. and who is held back in case the yankees needed a fourth starter in this alcs. they have not. as the weather cooperated enough for the first two games back at yankees stadium. there's strike three for out number two. in an 0 for 5 night for matsui. unless a big ninth inning rally, that is what the angels will be facing. six teams have come back to win the series after trailing the series three games to one. last time it happened was the boston team in 2007 against the indians. but they were going home for game six and seven.

>> tim: that was the year that the cleveland indians had a left-handed pitcher by the name of cc sabathia, who always watched the world series, but he didn't that year, because he thought cleveland should be in it. the red sox winning three in a row, one in cleveland and two back in boston. >> joe: in that alcs, sabathia, 0-2 record and e.r.a. 10.45. then last year with the brewers just basically ran out of gas. the brewers got everything they could out of sabathia who has 11-2 down the stretch after being traded to the brewers on july 7th. an e.r.a. 1.65. last three regular season starts were on three days' rest. he made a divisional series start on three days rest and lost game two to the phillies. giving up a victorino grand slam

and in his first year with the yankees, he has been dominant. here is brett gardner who gets to swing the bat. entered as a pinch runner for swisher in the eighth and was caught stealing. first walk by palmer. and now a strike to gardner. a lot of work has been done by those two. kevin long, the hitting coach, to the right of alex rodriguez. here is one into center. that ball is going to drop for a base hit and it's two on with two out.

the batter will be melky cabrera. a nice night and now in this alcs, a .313 average with two rbis, who came back in the fourth inning on a base hit to left against kazmir. that is down into the right field corner. more runs. in to score is cano. digging around third is gardner. flying to the plate. two more on a double by cabrera. he has a four rbi game and it's 10-1. >> tim: cabrera lightning quick on a fastball inside.

cano scores easily, as does gardner. you're right, he was flying around the bases. >> joe: he is even cheering the loudest in the dugout. this one bounces in from palmer. meanwhile, when you think ahead to thursday night, the yankees will have burnett on the mound and they are going to be that much tougher to beat, because all of their big guns in the bull pen will have two days off. gaudin now is the only one getting loose for the yankees in their pen. he takes a break, but he was the only one on the mound and he will take over in the bottom of this inning. which is coming now.

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